Status
Terminated
Food Enforcement F-1636-2012
Use of Red #5 in Salted Pollock Roe and undeclared Red #5, Yellow #5 and Red #40 in Salted Pollock Roe.
Classification
Class II
Report Date
July 4, 2012
Recall Initiation
May 11, 2012
Product Information
- Product description
- Salted/marinated Pollock roe packaged in white plastic trays with either a clear or opaque plastic lid. Product is packaged in 1.0 lb., 2.2 lb., and 5 lb. sizes and is labeled in part: "Marinated Pollock Roe***Weight: 5.0lb***Production Date: March 2012 Packed by: Young Ocean Inc. 20233 80th Ave. S., Kent, WA 98032". There are 2 labels for the 1.0 lb. size which read in part: 1. "Salted Pollock Roe***Spicy:***Colored***Net Weight: 1.0LB (435g) Ingredients: Pollock Roe, Salt, MSG, Sorbitol, Sake, Mirin Best Before: April 2015***Young Ocean Inc.***". 2. "Salted Pollock Roe***Net Weight: 1.0 LB (435g) Ingredients: Pollock Roe, Salt, MSG, Sorbitol, Sake, Mirin, NaNo2, Artificial Color Additives (R-40, Y-5, R-5) Best Before: April 2015***Young Ocean Inc.***".
- Product quantity
- Approximately 1920 lbs.
- Product type
- Food
- Reason for recall
- Use of Red #5 in Salted Pollock Roe and undeclared Red #5, Yellow #5 and Red #40 in Salted Pollock Roe.
- Initial firm notification
- Telephone
- Distribution pattern
- Distributed solely in the state of WA to Korean retail stores, Asian restaurants, and sold to employees.
Location & Firm
- Recalling firm
- Young Ocean, Inc
- Address
-
20233 80th Ave S
United States - Voluntary / Mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
Codes & Dates
- Recall number
- F-1636-2012
- Event ID
- 61894
- Recall initiation date
- May 11, 2012
- Center classification date
- June 22, 2012
- Code info
- "Production Date: March 2012" and/or "Best Before: April 2015"
- More code info
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